| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to pharmaceutical purchasing practices; |
| 3 | requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration and |
| 4 | the Department of Management Services to conduct studies |
| 5 | related to pharmaceutical purchasing practices; providing |
| 6 | purpose; requiring a report to the Legislature; providing |
| 7 | an effective date. |
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 11 | Section 1. Pharmaceutical purchasing practices.-- |
| 12 | (1) The Agency for Health Care Administration shall |
| 13 | conduct a study to determine the cost savings associated with |
| 14 | the importation of pharmaceuticals for Medicaid recipients in |
| 15 | the state. |
| 16 | (2) The Department of Management Services shall conduct a |
| 17 | study to determine the cost savings associated with the |
| 18 | importation of pharmaceuticals for members of the state group |
| 19 | health insurance plan or their covered dependents, or to |
| 20 | subscribers or covered dependents of a health maintenance |
| 21 | organization plan under the state group insurance program. |
| 22 | (3) The purpose of the studies required under subsections |
| 23 | (1) and (2) is to identify more fiscally responsible |
| 24 | pharmaceutical purchasing practices for state-funded |
| 25 | prescription plans. |
| 26 | (4) The Agency for Health Care Administration and the |
| 27 | Department of Management Services shall each report the results |
| 28 | of their respective studies to the President of the Senate and |
| 29 | the Speaker of the House of Representatives by August 26, 2005. |
| 30 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |